A day to celebrate Australia, warts and all
Australia Day celebrates ancient and modern Australians in one of the most prosperous, tolerant and immigrant nations on earth.
There's no security without prosperity
Australia simply cannot afford populist indulgences in a world where the internationalist rules-based order is up for grabs.
Managing China in a changing region
Australia and China enjoy a crucial relationship. But it needs to be balanced in a complex, multiplayer region.
Japan expands our strategic options
The Australian Financial Review's defining interview with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe showed that we can no longer blithely and complacently rely on the American alliance.
Making the best of a good situation
The world is recovering nicely. But that is all the more reason to lift our game.
We must make the jobs boom pay
Wage growth has not followed jobs growth. That spells all sorts of problems.
Tax cut lures Apple home
Apple has demonstrated the competitive dimensions of Mr Trump's tax cut.
Investment sweet spot
Expect to see more deals like Darrell Lea in the course of this year.
The union merger made in IR hell
The MUA-CFMEU merger would create such a large quasi-monopoly over labour that it's almost unbelievable that it's being considered.
Bitcoin fuelled by cheap money asset boom
Higher interest rates could leave middle Australia facing lower property values at the time just as the cost of servicing big mortgages star...
